Research support

Contact your subject librarian - Specific librarians are designated to support each academic department and program, and serve as the first point of contact for all research and teaching-related inquiries.

Graduate Services in Doe Library (Room 208) offers a core non-circulating research collection in the humanities and history, course reserves for graduate humanities and social sciences courses, a quiet and congenial study space for graduate students, and a Dissertation Writer’s Room for doctoral students advanced to candidacy.

Study Carrels - Assigned study carrels in the Main (Gardner) Stacks are available to graduate students in the humanities and social sciences, who may apply at the Privileges Desk (Floor 1, Doe Library).

Add Library Guides to bCourses - Learn how to add links to specific library guides in the course navigation section of bCourses course or project sites.

Instruction Services - The Library offers instruction on library research for undergraduates and graduate students, tailored to courses, assignments and students' research topics, both in-person and online. Have a librarian meet with your class.

To arrange library instruction in science, engineering, and graduate level courses in humanities and the social sciences, contact your subject librarian.

Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize for Undergraduate Research - Faculty and GSIs in all disciplines should encourage undergraduate students to apply for the Library Prize, which recognizes students' sophistication, originality and/or unusual depth or breadth in the use of library collections in the creation of a course project.

Scholarly communication and copyright

Berkeley Research Impact Initiative - Financial support for faculty members, post-docs, and graduate students who want to make their journal articles free to all readers immediately upon publication.

eScholarship - This is the California Digital Library’s open access scholarly publishing platform, providing digital publishing services to the University of California that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship.

Dissertations and Open Access - All UC Berkeley graduate students submit their dissertation or thesis electronically. This guide addresses frequently asked questions.

Data services

Library policies

Library code of conduct - Read about standards for Library use intended to create a safe and pleasant research environment for all patrons.

Library privacy policy - The Library is responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality of a borrower's transactions, as mandated by the California Information Practices Act of 1977.

Database conditions of use - It is the responsibility of individual users to ensure their use of Library electronic resources does not breach the terms and conditions specified in the license agreements.